Mop and brush.



F. H. FRENCH. MOP AND BRUSH. APPLIGATION FILED APR. 3. 1913.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914.

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invention relatee to mops or brushes use @leerling {icc-rs, Walls, or Windows and more particularly the clase 01' loops or brumes having oil applied to their fibers eo ae to. render them substantially dustlese *when iii use The 'prime object off my invention is to provide e eimpleyebeeply const acted and easily manipulated handle fastening which "will permit handle to be used either at coeeiderableaiigle to the ective edge of 'the mop, orsubetaiit-ielly parallel to the v Ferehcrobjects Will be apparent 'from the accompanying dwtwiiigs in which:

wFigure -Jlmie a fragmentary elevation oit a. .mop embodying my iuventionL- Fig.

Q a plan 'View ci" the Same, with p oram tiene oi handle end of the adjoining parte ehowe` in secti ii. Fig. -3- is am eri- ,lo Section through the handle of the mop along 'the line 3M@ of -'l--. Fig. -2l-- is a fragmentary section through Fig. along the line @C4-fri. vlTig. is a'regmentery vievaf of ln the embodiment oft' Fig. l, the mop of my invention consists of a eeriee of fibers l etriuig or looped over a substantially eirgcular metal ring 5L which ring; has its ends extending outwardly vaud prolonged in the form of subetentiellyv parallel arms or prongs 3 extending at an angle to' the plaire voil theriiig 2. :Resting u '-h oooed por- "o l is a c ai o t which Huize the eo ae to the i To Liften the threaded 'to mite o? bv bolts may be tigfliteiel ring' 2 toward the t ,lt dial; L, .JU said disk et, l preferably position a metal liek 7 above the same, the said disk alec hav v perforetione through which the Shanks a floor brush eroof the bolts 5 may pase, and having a raised central portion 8 With au opening 9 therein, this opening being normally closed by a' swinging cover l0.

means of a Wooden handle 'l0 having a traire verse perfo-ration near one end of the same, through which perforation a bolt ll ex tendey the said bolt eervingtc hold e pair of concave-convex clamps l2 upon the opposite sides of the handle Each et the clamp ing substantially in curvature to the surface of the handle, and 'has upon this inner coucave surface a recess adapted to receive one of the prongs 3 olf the 'ring member 2 of the mop. Y

lt will be evident 'from Fig. 3 that when t1 arme or prongs 3 are inserted in the said recesses between the handle l() and the respective clamps 1%- and the 'bolt ll is tightened by means of a thumbaut i3, the prongs 5 Will be lirmly clamped between the handle and the clamping' members 12, thereby Securing the handle to the mop from .which the 'prongs 5 project'. The recesses upon the clamps 12 are so disposed theta plane passing through thecentral line of both recesses and hence passing through the axis ofbot-harme 3 when the latter are positiorxed iiik kthe said recesses) will noe be axial of' the handle; Consequently, by loosening the nuts i3 and .slipping the handle with its clamps, oita the arme Sand then fetal-ieg the handle so as to bring' respective arms into engagement with the opposite clamps,

the active edge of the mop may be altered considerably. Thus, with the angles of the recesses and the angle betveenthe common plane of the pronge aud the plane o ring 2 iu Fig. l, the handle` may be changed from ite normally inclined 'position to the subetautially horizontal position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l, thereby permitting the. mop to be slid under furniture.

mop. Consequently, the oil gradually `Where in use7 the mooisy manipulated by space beten-ieu the raised portion 8l the angle between the axis of the handle and" '2 isfpreferably made of spring metal so as ing edges. of the disk 4 (which is larger in l diameterthan the metal disk 7) form a Vcushion -which Will-contact with'objects of furniture before the edges of the metal disk 7 can impinge against the same. The ring to retainits shape readily when the prongs Bare-slipped out of theirA normal positions intermediate-df vthe 'handle and the clamp A pieces carried.- hereby, so that no additional 'ible fibers.v Moreover, the 'interchangeable' fastening mens are required for keeping the main-porti ns of the mop in their normal relations whe detached from'the handle.

.lVhile I h ve pictured my invention as applied to a cleaning implement having a brush membey composed of soft and flexible fibers, itwilfl be evident that'it could be embodied equally well in a brush or the like having comparatively rigid or inflexj handle fastening of my invention could be used withvarious other arrangements of the body'member from which 'the prongs project,

J such as the brush shown in Fig. 5. To pre vent the bolt 11 from rotating 'relative to the clamps 12 while it is being tightened by the nut 13, -I preferably form lts shank with f a square portion ladjacent to the head of the bolt and'intertting a square recess inthe adjacent clamp piece. However, I do not wish to be limited to this or other'details of the consti-notion. herein disclosed, as it is obvious thatvthis'might be varied in many ways without departing from the spirit Aof my invention. i' y v l Having more particularly described and claimed the oil-receiving oil-distributing and 'cushioning features of my appliance in my copending divisional application, Serial No. 809,536, tiled Dec. 30, 1913, I donot herein claim these features of'myv mop or brush. ,I .v

-I claimv as new and 4desire to cover by Letters Patent: i

f1.', In a brush, a brush member; a pair of prongs mounted thereon; a"handle; a

pairl of inwardly recessed clamp' 'pieces adapted laterally. to engage opposite sides of the handle, and havin opposed recesses angularly arranged wit i respect to the handle in their inner faces to receive the said prongs and engage-the same with the handle, and means for forcing the said clamp pieces toward the .said handle.

2. In a brush, a brush member; a pair of prongs mounted thereon a handle; a pair of inwardly recessed clamp pieces adapted laterally to engage opposite sidesV of' the handle, and having opposed angular recesses in their inner faces to receive the said prongs and engage the same with the handle, and means for forcing the said Clamp pieces toward' the said handle; the said prongs and recesses so positioned relative to the cleaningmeniber and the handle respectively, as

to change the angle between the handle and.

the cleaning member upon an interchanging of the prongs -adjacent to the respective clamp pieces. In a brush or mop, a ring,-the ends thereof extended outwardly to form parallel arms angularly disposed relative .to the plane of the ring; a brush member carried by the ring; a handle. a pair of inwardly concave clamps secured to opposite sides thereof, each of said clamps provided on its inner surface with a recess, the said arms positioned in the recesses between the respective clamps andthe said handle; the said re-y cesses being angularly disposed with respect to the axis of the handle.

4. In' a brush or mop, a ring of spring rmetal, the ends thereof extending outwardly to form parallel arms .angularly disposed relative to the plane of the ring; a brush member carried `by the ring; a handle, af

pair of inwardly concave clamps secured to opposite sides thereof, each of said clamps provided on its inner surface with a recess,

` the said arms positioned in therecesses between the respective clamps and the said "i handle; the said recessesbeing angulariy disposed with respect tothe axis of the handle.

In testimony whereof vI have signed Airny name ih presence 'of '-twofsubscribinglwitnesses.l

'FRANK-H, FRENCH., Witnesses R'W. Lo'rz, Y-M. lM. Bernal 

